Olympic closing ceremony reaches 12 million Canadians: CBC – National
According to CBC, 27 million viewers tuned in to watch the Paris Games over 17 days of coverage on CBC and its broadcast partners, including Sportsnet, TSN and RDS.
The public broadcaster says Sunday’s closing ceremony reached 12 million viewers on its English and French television networks, while the average minute audience was two million.
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He says the show included CBC’s most-watched Olympic moment, when 2.6 million viewers saw action hero Tom Cruise jump out of a plane to deliver the Olympic flag to the 2028 host city of Los Angeles.
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The most memorable moment was the end of the Canadian women’s soccer team’s quarter-final match against Germany, when 2.6 million people watched the thriller.
CBC says streaming on its digital platforms totalled 24.3 million hours, a 170 per cent increase over Tokyo 2020 and a 121 per cent increase over Beijing 2022.
CBC says it will continue to offer free access to all Olympic events until the Brisbane Games in 2032.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 12, 2024.
© 2024 The Canadian Press
